Detachable hanger fastening means



April 18, 1944.

AA. RITTER DETACHABLE FASTENING MEANS Filed Oct. 8'. 19,42

ATTORNEYS.

Patented Apr. 18, 1944 DETACHABLE HANGER FASTENING MEANS Alois A. Ritter,"Racine, Wishfassignor to Hart- 1 mann Trunk Company; Racine, Wis., a corporation of Wisconsin-- Application October 8, 1942, Serial No. 461,353

3 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in detachable hanger fastening means.

In certain types of wardrobe hand luggage cases and trunks, garments and articles of wearing apparel are suspended from garment hangers, and the hangers are customarily provided with metallic elements to facilitate detachable engagement of the hangers with mounting means within the cases or trunks Due to the present scarcity of metal for civilian commodities, it is highly desirable to eliminate metal from such structures and it is, therefore, a primary object of the present invention to provide'a wardrobe container garment hanger having simple and effective non-metallic, readily releasable, support-engaging means.

A further object of the invention is to provide astrap and buckle supporting means for a detachable garment hanger, said means being constructed practically entirely of leather, being flexible andadjustable; and being easily and quickly manipulatable.

-A further object of the invention is to provide a leather, releasable, hanger fastening means which is of very simple construction, is strong and durable, is neat and attractive and unique in appearance, is inexpensive to manufacture, and is well adapted for the purposes set forth.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of the improved detachable.

hanger fastening means, and its parts and combinations as set forth in the claims, and all equival'ents thereof.

In the accompanying-drawing in which the same reference characters indicatethe same parts in all of the views:

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary plan view of a garment holding frame for incorporation in a luggage case or trunk having a garment hanger removably mounted thereon by means of the improved fastening means;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional viewtaken on. line 2-'-2 of Fig. 1 showing the hanger fastening of a luggage case garment tray or section showing a garment hanger releasably mounted on another form of supporting element through the improved fastening means.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, it will appear that a conventional garment hanger, such as is used in wardrobe hand luggage and in trunks, is designated by the numeral Hi. The hanger is formedvof wood. By way of illustration the hanger is shown in Figs- 1 to 4 inclusive as being associated with a garment folding frame II which includes a top longitudinal bar l2, All portions of the frame II are likewise formed of wood, and the frame is of such size or proportions as to fit within a compartment or section of a wardrobe case or trunk. One of the longitudinal bars l2 of the frame is, intermediate its ends, reduced as at is for the purpose of being embraced by an element of an improved hanger fastening means, forming the subject of the present invention.

The hanger means comprises a relatively wide leather strap l4 having one end thereof secured to the rear face of the central top portion of the hanger Hi, the securement preferably being accomplished by a rivet [5 having a relatively elongated shank portion extended through the stock of the hanger and projecting substantially beyond the front face of the hanger. The strap I4 is adapted to be looped over onto the front upper face portion of the hanger, and that portion of the looped strap which ultimately registers with the front of the hanger adjacent the extended shank of the rivet I5 is provided with a relatively large opening [8 which is of eccentric or oval shape. Adapted for cooperation with the strap I 4 is an elongated, relatively narrow flexible leather strip l1 doubled over or looped upon itself with the free ends in superimposed relation and mounted on the extended end of the shank of the rivet l5, The doubled or two-ply strip I7 is swingable upon the shank of the rivet l5, and the superimposed ends of the strip held by the rivet shank are rounded, as best shown in Fig. 1.

When the hanger fastening means is released and the hanger is detached from the bar l2 of the frame II, or other support with which it is associated, the elongated turnable strip I1 is in a position removed from the position shown in Fig. 1, and the apertured end of the strap I4 is lifted clear of the shoulder formed at the rounded ends of the strip [1, and is slid along the strip to the free end whereby the strip is withdrawn from the opening IS in the strap M. This condition or arrangement of the parts is illustrated in Fig, 5, and it will be obvious that it is then possible to detach the fastening means from the bar I2 or other supporting means.

To engage the detachable hanger fastening means with a supporting bar or other element, said bar is passed between the free ends of the separated strap I4 and strip I1, and it is registered with the upper edge of the hanger. The strap I4 should also be registered with the reduced portion I3 of the bar I2, whereupon the free doubled end of the strip I1 is passed through the opening It in the strap I4 and the bent over end of the strap is moved downwardly along the outstanding strip IT, as best illustrated in Fig. 4. The next step is to snap the apertured end of the strap I 4 over the shoulders formed at the extremities of the secured superimposed ends of the strip I7, and in this position the looped portion of the strap I4 will securely embrace the bar I2. This arrangement of the parts is illustrated in Fig. 3. Securement of the fastening means is effected by swinging the strip H on the rivet shank through an arc of 180 until the position of Figs. 1 and 2 is attained. The strip I? then firmly compresses the front portion of the strap I4 against the hanger face, and the. secured end of the strap I4 is not removable from the shank of the rivet and from the strip because of the eccentric shape of the strap opening I6 which is completely and more than covered by the superimposed rounded end portions of the strip H.

The leather fastening means permits 2. limited amount of flexibility and desirable play or freedom as between the suspended hanger and the frame II. The hanger is mounted on the frame bar very securely, but the fastening means may be quickly detached and the hanger released through a reversal of the operations described. It should be noted that when the hanger is detached from a frame or other supporting means and it is desired. to use the same for hanging a garment in a closet or elsewhere, the strap It may be secured in looped condition with the strap I! turned to an upwardly or outwardly extended position wherein the looped condition of the strip I'I permits it to be used as a suspension means for the hanger. The improved detachable hanger fastening means is completely devoid of metal save for the rivet I5 which, if necessary, might be formed of Wood, fiber, plastic, or other non-metaliic material.

A slight modification of the invention is illustrated in Fig. 6 wherein the hanger I is shown mounted in a tray 20, or a similar section of a wardrobe case or container, having an end wall 2|. On the wall 2! there may be mounted one or more outwardly offset straps 22, and the improved hanger fastening means permits detachable engagement of a hanger ID with a strap 22 mounted as described and shown. The hanger fastening means is precisely similar to that shown and described in connection with Figs. 1 to inclusive. It will be obvious that the looped portion of the strap I4 engages the element 22 and is releasably fastened in engaging position by the swingable strip I1.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the improved detachable hanger fastening means is of simple and novel construction and is well adapted for the purposes set forth.

What is claimed as the invention is:

1. Hanger fastening means, comprising, in combination with a garment hanger, a strap having one end portion secured to one face portion of the hanger and adapted to have its free end portion looped over onto the opposite face portion of the hanger, the free end portion of the strap having an opening therein, a stud projecting from said opposite face portion of the hanger, and a flexible tongue having one end portion turnably mounted on said stud and forming a shoulder, the free end portion of the tongue being insertable through said strap opening to position the strap inwardly of the tongue and.

the stud in the opening.

2. In combination with a garment hanger, detachable fastening means therefor, comprising a wide strap having one end portion secured to one face portion of the hanger and adapted to have its free and intermediate portions looped over an edge of the hanger onto the opposite face of the hanger, the free endportion of the strap having an eccentric opening therein, a stud projecting from said opposite face portion of the shoulder overlying stock of the strap adjacent said opening to prevent movement of said strap portion along the tongue.

3. In combination with a garment hanger, detachable fastening means therefor, comprising a strap having one end portion secured to one face portion of the hanger and adapted to have its free and intermediate portions looped over an edge of the hanger onto the opposite face of the hanger, the free end portion of the strap having an eccentric opening therein, a stud projecting from said opposite face portion of the hanger, and a flexible, elongated, narrow tongue having one end portion turnably mounted on said study and forming a shoulder, the outer portion of the tongue, when the tongue is in one turned position, being slidable through said strap opening and the strap being adapted to be forced over the tongue shoulder and stud, the tongue in another turned position having its shoulder overlying,

stock of the strap adjacent said opening to prevent movement of said strap portion along the tongue.

ALOIS A. BITTER. 

